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imagine you are in Canada

  • Written by: Pat McConnell, Visiting Fellow, Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre, Macquarie University
imagine you are in CanadaCanadian bank boards are bigger, much bigger. It means they can deal with what's in front of them.Shutterstock

If ever you find a job is too big for you, you probably get a friend or an expert to help.

In business, if a department of, say, ten people is not keeping up with its work commitments and making more and more mistakes, a good manager will...

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Six questions our banks need to answer to regain trust

  • Written by: Nicole Gillespie, Professor of Management; KPMG Chair in Organizational Trust, The University of Queensland
Six questions our banks need to answer to regain trustIt is just possible for the banks to regain our trust, but it won't be easy.Shutterstock

After today’s Banking Royal Commission’s final report it may seem as if it is impossible for banks to regain trust.

But it is possible, as I know from working with prominent British and European banks after the global financial crisis, taking part in...

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Three changes in how we live could derail the dream of the 30-minute city

  • Written by: Jennifer Kent, Research Fellow, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
Three changes in how we live could derail the dream of the 30-minute cityDigital communications mean time spent driving can also be used to get other things done as well.Vera Petrunina/Shutterstock

I live where I want to live and I work where the work is. I don’t understand people that go “this is where I’ll work [and] this is where I’ll buy a house” because it might not be the area they...

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The great movie scenes: Rome, Open City

  • Written by: Bruce Isaacs, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Sydney
The great movie scenes: Rome, Open CityStill from Rome, Open City (1945)

What makes a film a classic? In this video series, film scholar Bruce Isaacs looks at a classic film and analyses its brilliance. (Warning: this scene contains violence and may be upsetting for some viewers.)


Rome, Open City (1945)

In what way does a film reflect the politics of the time and place in which it was...

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  1. Bowen fires back in economy debate
  2. McGowan remains tight-lipped about refugee legislation despite removal of children
  3. Behrouz Boochani's literary prize cements his status as an Australian writer
  4. Tasmania’s gambling election shows Australia needs tougher rules on money in politics
  5. other brands are better at matching practice with talk, but don't get the publicity
  6. Head start for home owners makes a big difference for housing stress
  7. Damning royal commission report leaves no doubt that we all lose if the Murray-Darling Basin Plan fails
  8. Michelle Grattan on the march of the independents
  9. Cloning monkeys for research puts humans on a slippery ethical slope
  10. how to spot the work of a political spin doctor this election season
  11. how political spin doctors' tactics aim to shape the news
  12. Banks are enabling economic abuse. Here's how they could be stopping it
  13. Five ways to boost Australian writers’ earnings
  14. Migrant women are particularly vulnerable to technology-facilitated domestic abuse
  15. The presence of people is slowing shark recovery on the Great Barrier Reef
  16. Australia's spike in summer drownings: what the media misses
  17. Vital Signs. Yet another year of steady rates. What's the point of the RBA inflation target?
  18. What Labor has to fear is the Big Scare
  19. Why Australians are falling in love with American football, and what it means for local leagues
  20. can you spare a few minutes for The Conversation?
  21. Digitally tracking student behaviour in the classroom encourages compliance, not learning
  22. How we traced the underwater volcanic ancestry of Lord Howe Island
  23. Australia is counting on cooking the books to meet its climate targets
  24. How Australia's political ageism may be robbing us of our best leaders
  25. will I go blind if I shut my eyes and face the Sun?
  26. it's time to step up, free press needs allies
  27. Hakeem Al-Araibi's case is a test of world soccer's human rights credentials. Here's why
  28. Aboriginal voices are missing from the Murray-Darling Basin crisis
  29. History, not harm, dictates why some drugs are legal and others aren't
  30. Kathleen McArthur, the wildflower woman who took on Joh Bjelke-Petersen
  31. a partial defence of the hipster
  32. What banking regulators can learn from Deepwater Horizon and other industrial catastrophes
  33. Fresh clues to the life and times of the Denisovans, a little-known ancient group of humans
  34. Five tips to help year 12 students set better goals in the final year of school
  35. Why slow TV deserves our (divided) attention
  36. A Trump-aligned World Bank may be bad for climate action and trade, but good for Chinese ambitions
  37. Coalition gains in first Newspoll of 2019, but big swings to Labor in Victorian seats; NSW is tied
  38. Agriculture Department refuses release of live sheep video as FOI shows heat stress suffering
  39. what is an Interpol red notice and how does it work?
  40. how to make our homes comfortable without cranking up the aircon
  41. Not another online petition! But here's why you should think before deleting it
  42. Sperm donation is testing what it means to be a legal parent, all the way to the High Court
  43. Here's what happens to our plastic recycling when it goes offshore
  44. how conservation law is failing the black-throated finch
  45. How creativity can help us cultivate moral imagination
  46. how groups and individuals spread racist hate online
  47. Bees can learn the difference between European and Australian Indigenous art styles in a single afternoon
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